Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of SingleJob

Timestamp:

Mar 5, 2008, 4:01:00 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

davea

Comment:

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SingleJob

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-= Single jobs =
+= Single job submission =
 
 BOINC is designed to handle streams of millions of jobs.
-However, you can also submit single jobs for remote execution.
+It takes some work to set up a stream: you need to fiddle around with
+apps and app versions, WU and result templates, validators and assimilators, etc.
+
+However, the '''single job submission''' system lets you run a job remotely without any of this hassle.
 To do this, configure your BOINC server to handle single jobs (see below).
 Then type
@@ -25 +28 @@
 Otherwise it will fail on machines that lack these libraries.
 
+You can run '''boinc_submit''' from any host that NSF-mounts your project directory
+and can access the MySQL database.
+
 When the job is completed successfully, the output files will appear in the job directory.
 
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 to get bug fixes for "wrapper".
 After you do this, re-run the '''single_job_setup''' script as above.
+
+== Notes ==
+
+The single job submission system is a work in progress.
+Various features haven't been implemented (let us know if you need them).
+
+ * Platforms other than Linux/Intel32
+ * Redundancy greater than 1
+ * Control over FLOPS, disk, and memory limits.
+ * Code-signing of the program file